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A place where players have a voice in 99% of what happens on the servers. Started as a server with the vision of a solo player can do whatever a tribe can do, but has evolved into much more now.

Long story:

Spoiler

MN Aftermath started about 4 months after ARK early access launch. Its name “Aftermath” is referencing where it picked up when the original server I player on closed down. Many of the players from that server then called this one home and has since, grown in size by quite a bit.

Everyone that has played on these servers have nothing but good things about MNA. I would like to say that is thanks to the open communication between the admins, the players, and myself. I believe we have only had to ban three people in total.

I also started giving the players a choice on what to happen to the servers utilizing polls in the discord and steam discussions and that soon became a core part of MNA. There have been very few decisions that have been made without consulting player approval first.

As a firm believer in FOSS, I start posting all of my server variables so people could see what variables were being used. That also leads me to NOT accepting donations. I did once; because the server needed a vital upgrade that at the time I could not afford. I’ve seen how donations wreck servers because donators feel they deserve special treatment.

We have been through a lot and learned a lot together: thousands of different players, different admins, hard drive failures and more. Which leads us to today…

I have recently become a father, and I now have higher priorities in my life other than gaming or ARK. I have put most of the ARK responsibilities in the hands of our very capable admin team. They can do everything that I do, and even have access to the server console itself. I am still reachable on steam, discord, email, and some admins even have my personal phone number in case of emergencies. Hell, sometimes I even come in, chat with everyone, and say hi to the new faces.

MNA Servers:

Ragnarok

Hope

Ebenus Astrum

Placeholder, as I have not decided if there is a need for 4 servers yet.